PET-CT Imaging and Reality
| Autor: | Géza Hegedus, Szabolcs Szakáll, Miklós Balázs Illés, Zoltán Balikó, Zsuzsanna Varga, Veronika Sárosi, Peter Molnar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Cancer Research Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Lung Neoplasms Colorectal cancer Pet ct imaging Disease Adenocarcinoma Pathology and Forensic Medicine Diagnosis Differential Chronic necrotizing pulmonary aspergillosis Parenchyma Humans Medicine Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis PET-CT Immune status Aspergillus biology business.industry General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Oncology Positron-Emission Tomography Colonic Neoplasms Tomography X-Ray Computed business |
| Zdroj: | Pathology & Oncology Research. 17:393-395 |
| ISSN: | 1532-2807 1219-4956 |
| Popis: | The spectrum of human diseases caused by members of the Aspergillus genus is extensive. It ranges from allergic reactions to colonization of preexisting pulmonary cavities to invasion and destruction of lung parenchyma with pyemic spread to brain, skin, and other organs, causing rapid death. The immune status of the host is a crucial factor in determining the phenotype and severity of the disease. In this case report Chronic Necrotizing Pulmonary Aspergillosis (CNPA), a rare, locally- or semi-invasive variant of pulmonary Aspergillosis, mimicking lung metastasis is presented. The 60-year-old male patient had earlier received multiple cycles of systemic chemotherapy due to colorectal carcinoma. Our case report focuses on the benefits and the possible disadvantages of PET-CT imaging in CNPA. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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